Dinosaurs Alive!

Through May 23

In an adventure made for the giant screen, join paleontologists from the past and present as they travel around the world on the hunt for dinosaur bones. See actual footage from the expeditions of American Museum of Natural History scientist Roy Chapman Andrews, believed to be the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character, and witness recent discoveries like that of the massive Seismosaurus, or “thunder lizard.” Using the latest computer animation technology, these awe-inspiring creatures are brought to life on the giant IMAX screen as they have never been seen before!

A Franklin Institute partnered production.
Major funding provided by

Wired to Win : Surviving the Tour de France

Through June 14

Wired to Win presents a new portrait of the brain—an organ built to learn, changing its cell structure with each thought and experience. It continually adapts itself to our needs and gives us the ability to determine in large part who we are and who we become. Wired to Win applies this view of the brain to the grueling 21 day Tour de France, following the world’s top professional cyclists through the Alps to experience fight-or-flight situations on steep downhill, witness their struggle to maintain mental focus, and learn from their constant battle with fatigue.

Note: Wired to Win is part of the Identity and Giant Heart Experiences. It will be available to classes not reserving these packages as space permits.

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Through May 23

From the depths of an ocean in the middle of the United States comes a tale of survival and discovery more than 80 million years in the making. Using computer-generated animation, Sea Monsters recreates an underwater world from the Late Cretaceous period in which the ocean that divided North America in two was inhabited by creatures of massive size and ferocity. The adventures of a dolichorynchops (“dolly”), a creature that lived towards the bottom of the food chain, are combined with footage of historic and modern excavations in which paleontologists attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding these ancient creatures.

SPACE STATION

Through June 13

Presented as a public service by Lockheed Martin

Blast off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Kennedy Space Center and Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, and rendezvous at the International Space Station. Share the dangerous challenges and glorious triumphs of scientists from 16 nations, who built a laboratory in outer space.

Sponsored by The Inquirer

Note: Space Station is part of the Galactic Adventure Packages. It will be available to classes not reserving those packages as space permits.

The Alps

Opening May 24

Join an ascent of the Eiger, one of the most dangerous peaks in the Swiss Alps. Through astounding giant-screen images, you will follow John Harlin III on an extraordinary expedition in honor of his father, a famous mountaineer who died climbing the Eiger. Learn how science helps today’s mountaineers.

Wild Ocean

Opening May 24

Each year an unbelievable feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans off South Africa as billions of sardines migrate up the coast. The migration has provided essential food for sea life and generations of people living along the coast. This giant-screen documentary captures amazing footage of breaching whales, feeding sharks and diving gannets. It also demonstrates the economic and cultural impact of the migration and why business, government and locals have joined together to preserve this ecological resource.